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The Haunting of Maddy Clare
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Ideal for readers who enjoy historical fiction blended with supernatural and Gothic elements, particularly fans of ghost stories, mysteries, and atmospheric thrillers. Suitable for those appreciating strong female protagonists and evocative 1920s settings.
In 1920's England, a young woman of limited means and even less experience confronts the ghost of a mysterious serving maid.
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Sarah Piper's lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist a ghost hunter. Alistair Gellis—rich, handsome, scarred by World War I, and obsessed with ghosts—has been summoned to investigate the spirit of nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is haunting the barn where she committed suicide. Since Maddy hated men in life, it is Sarah's task to confront her in death.
Soon Sarah is caught up in a desperate struggle. For Maddy's ghost is real, she's angry, and she has powers that defy all reason. Can Sarah and Alistair's assistant, the rough, unsettling Matthew Ryder, discover who Maddy was, where she came from, and what is driving her desire for vengeance—before she destroys them all?
The Haunting of Maddy Clare is the winner of two RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America and the Arthur Ellis Award from Crime Writers of Canada.
A woman of limited means and even less experience must confront a vengeful spirit in this haunting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Girls and The Sun Down Motel.
1920s England. Sarah Piper's lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist an obsessed ghost hunter. Alistair Gellis—rich, handsome, and scarred by World War I—has been summoned to investigate the spirit of the nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is said to haunt the barn where she committed suicide.
Maddy hated men in life, and she will not speak to them in death. But Sarah is unprepared to confront an angry ghost—real or imagined—on her own. She's even less prepared for the arrival of Alistair's associate, rough, unsettling Matthew Ryder, also a veteran of the trenches, whose scars go deeper than Sarah can reach.
Soon, Sarah is caught up in a desperate struggle. For Maddy's ghost is no hoax—she's real, she's angry, and she has powers that defy all reason. Now, Sarah and Matthew must discover who Maddy was, where she came from, and what is driving her desire for vengeance—before she destroys them all...
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Winner of two RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America and the Arthur Ellis Award from Crime Writers of Canada.
"St. James has written an atmospheric and resoundingly old-fashioned ghost story that pulls you in from the first pages." — Historical Novels Review
"A chilling start... fans of the modern Gothic novel will enjoy a few creepy hours." — Kirkus Reviews
"Deliciously creepy and a heroine you won't forget. The Haunting of Maddy Clare promises spooky thrills and delivers." — Deanna Raybourn
"Fast, fun, and gripping. Kept me up into the wee hours." — C. S. Harris
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780451235688
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 March 2012
Country: United States
Imprint: Signet
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 238g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Simone St. James is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Sun Down Motel, The Broken Girls, Lost Among the Living, and The Haunting of Maddy Clare. She wrote her first ghost story, about a haunted library, when she was in high school, and spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television business before leaving to write full-time.
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